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SEIA Adds VP of Congressional Affairs and VP of Regulatory Affairs
The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) announced today a restructure and expansion of its leadership team. Erin Duncan, a proven legislative strategist and advocate, has been named the organization’s new vice... -
The Smarter E Europe: A focus on electric vehicle charging infrastructure
The most recent study conducted by Aurora Energy Research predicts that by 2040, up to 29 million electric cars will be driving on German roads. To ensure that electric vehicles can be charged anywhere, an intelligent... -
Global PV Market to Become More Distributed
From 2018, the size would remain steady at 100 to 120GW with an annual fluctuation rate of less than 10%. According to EnergyTrend’s latest Market Demand Report, the number of GW-level markets will increase from 6 in... -
Standard Solar Names Dan Dobbs Executive VP, Structured Finance
Standard Solar, Inc., a solar energy company specializing in the development and financing of commercial solar electric systems nationwide, today announced that Dan Dobbs, former SunEdison executive and co-founder... -
Global Solar Corporate Funding Reaches $10 Billion in 2018
Total global corporate funding into the solar sector, including venture capital and private equity (VC), debt financing, and public market financing came to $9.7 billion, a 24 percent drop compared to the $12.8 billion raised in... -
JA Solar Supplies Modules for 3MW Bifacial Mono PERC Solar Project in Brazil
JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd., a manufacturer of high-performance photovoltaic products, announced that it will supply all bifacial mono PERC double glass modules for SolarGrid's 3MW solar power plant in Brazil. This is... -
Hitachi to Acquire ABB's Power Grids Business
Hitachi, Ltd. has decided to acquire the world-leading power grids business from ABB Ltd and has signed an agreement with ABB. Hitachi plans to initially acquire an 80.1% stake in the power grids business and expects to close...
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High-Tech Solutions for Solar Energy Asset Management
It’s no secret that new technologies are up-ending many industries and solar energy is no exception. Cost reductions have enabled the rapid deployment of solar energy across the US and the globe resulting in a large and ever-growing installed... -
Six Trends in Solar, 2018
In 2017 the solar industry rode what was dubbed “the solar coaster,” with ups and downs cycling throughout the year. Despite some of the downs, which include the Section 201 trade case in the US, there are many encouraging and positive... -
Solar Industry Helps to Rebuild Puerto Rico
In September tropical storms Harvey, Irma and Maria devastated islands and parts of the continental US. Both Irma and Maria reached category 5 intensity, with Irma wreaking havoc in Cuba before it continued on and made landfall in the Florida Keys.... -
Planning for Distributed Energy Resources
Built during the last century, the United States' electric grid was primarily designed to transport electricity from large central station power plants to end-use customers. But with rapid growth of distributed energy resources, such as solar,... -
Australian Battery Industry Fired up About Standards
Australian battery company executives are hot under the collar about proposed new fire safety standards for the installation of lithium-based batteries. The Australian battery industry is growing rapidly, with global companies such as Tesla,... -
The Role of Jurors in the Solar Decathlon
The US Department of Energy Solar Decathlon is a collegiate competition made up of 10 contests that challenge student teams to design and build full-size, solar-powered houses. The 2017 Solar Decathlon will take place in October over a period of... -
Reshuffling of the European Solar Market
In 2016, Europe became the first region of the world to achieve 100GW of cumulative installed solar. With a forecast of nearly 1TW of total installed solar power possible by 2021 (according to the Global Market Outlook for Solar Power 2017-2021),...
